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• Logan County Health Department chosen as pilot site for accreditation program
  Local department takes leadership in demonstrating quality and performance

• Mississippi ranked fattest state in nation

• Study eyes diabetes in pregnant women

• Parents begin potty training at birth

• Bird flu found at German poultry farm

• Experts say C-sections, obesity may play role in U.S. women dying from childbirth at high rate

• NY baby undergoes 5-organ transplant

• Romney: Mass. health plan can be copied

• CDC: Whooping cough cases misdiagnosed

• FDA proposes new rules for sunscreens

• No prescription? No problem online

• Sales soar for morning-after pill

• Survey: Teens face stress at higher rate

• WHO: Infectious diseases spread faster

• Weight-loss surgery boosts survival rate

• NO mad cow disease cases in Illinois
  Cases of human brain-wasting disease often confused and misreported as BSE, more commonly referred to as mad cow disease

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and variant CJD

• Scientists drug-test whole cities

• Lincoln Park District notes
  Lifesaving course, indoor fitness equipment, and classes or programming with a personal trainer

• Study finds virus contributes to obesity

• Increase in mosquitoes anticipated
  Health department urges awareness and protection

• Poll: Family ties key to youth happiness

• AP: Pain medicine use has nearly doubled

• Zero trans fat doesn't always mean zero

• Medicare won't pay for hospital mistakes

• Illinois EPA issues Annual Compliance Report for public water supplies
  Community water supplies continue to deliver safe drinking water to over 11 million Illinois consumers

• Hepatitis C helicase unwinds DNA in a spring-loaded, 3-step process

• Three new human cases, and Jackson and St. Clair counties reporting West Nile virus

• Manufacturers of some diabetes drugs to strengthen warning on heart failure

• Alaska begins offering e-prescriptions

• Stent safety questions trigger declines

• Alaska begins offering e-prescriptions

• Stent safety questions trigger declines

• New protein synthesis not essential to memory formation

• New anti-retroviral drugs to help children with AIDS in foreign countries

• Review set for pregnancy weight advice

• Aging adults have choices when confronting perceived mental declines

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